The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1887-02-04
LOCAL WIS.
st. Valentines Day February 14th.

next Tuesday night.
The spring election this year will occur
on Tuesday, March 8th.
II. ID. Flanagan is meeting with success
in establishing his music class at Woods
town. See his card in another column.
Allen T. Lewis, who has been teaching
the school at ilancock's Bridge, is now
stationed at Mantua Gloucester county.
NJ +. Edwards, who delivers coal in
the borough for Iippincott, Weatherby
CO., had the misfortune to lose his horse
on Monday night last.
By recent order of the Post-offiee De-
partment, postal notes are now drawn up
on "any money order Office" and not upon
specified offices as heretofore.
The New Jersey State Board Of Health
has sent circular to all local Boards
throughout the State urging the vaccina-
ton Of school and factory children.
The stockholders of the Pilesgrove
Dairy Association will hold their annual
meeting at McAllster's Hall next Monday
afternoon. Officers will be elected for the
ensuing year.
Iredell, of Salem, the tinsmith, has
fitted mp the room in Humphreys new
building next the pantaoon factory, and
will lay in his stock in few days and be
ready for work.
Next Thursday the 'books will be
opene6.a it being township settlement
day. The township committee will meet
at McAllister's Hall to square up the bus
mess of the year.
A good audience assembled in the Pres
byterian Church last night and were high
ly interested with the illustrated lecture
of the pastor, Rev. B. p. johnson, on
''rhe Land of the Midnight Sun
The South Jerseyman intmates that
Salem gave Woodstown the Reli-
ance ca engine. That may be- but we
paid $3.50 for the hose. which is about
s449.S19 more than the whole apparatus is
worth.
VIM. l.. Hampton, an aged resident of
Pilesgrove, living near Union Grove, died
on Wednesday, lie was 81 years of age,
having been born in 1900. Funeral at his
late residence tomorrow morning at 10
o clock.
There will be two eclipses this month.
Beginning at .. 80 next Tuesday morning
there will be an eclipse OF the moon,
WHICH VIII llSI uHUii utN iiSHl. VII tlc ~~o
an eclipse of the sun takes place, but it
will not be visible in Jersey.
Alfred Coleman who has for the past
year been keeping store at the old Smell
baker stand south of the mill pond, will
this spring relinquish the business and
take up farming. His brother, William,
of near Shirley, will succeed him at the
store
The school children have been having
picnic this week, the skating on the side
walks being fine, and shedding ditto. 1t
requires some moral courage to sprinkle
ashes on your sidewalk and think how
much fun TO the square inch you are
spelling by so doing.
The toll has been ''on'' for some days
on the Woodstown and Mullica Hill Turn
pike on account of the bad condition of the
road bed in few places. This evidence
of corporation conscience satisfies us that
the cry that the world is growing worse is
not well founded
The temperance organizations Of Woods
town, viz: |. O. G. r., Prohibition Club,
w. G. T. T., and y. w. G.. T. L. will hold
a meeting in McAllisters Hall tomorrow
Saturday evening at ! 30 O'Clock. All
who are interested in temperance work
outside of any organization are invited to
attend as a subject of much Importance
will be discussed.
Ground-hog day was about as mean
specimen of day, take it all around, as
the most hopeless hypochondriac would
delight to see. Under foot it was slippery,
over head it was cloudy. All around it
was damp, drilling, trying to the lungs,
patience and christian grace. LII the ground